how do i delete a gmail account

Please read this carefully You are trying to remove Gmail from your Google Account.

If you delete Gmail from your Google Account, then you will no longer be able to send, receive, or access email from your account using Gmail. You'll also be unable to reuse your Gmail username in the future.

Within two business days of your request, your mailbox (kadfl...@gmail.com) will be closed and all its contents will be permanently deleted.

You're only deleting Gmail from your Google account - a Gmail account and a Google account are two seperate things, so it's asking you to enter a new e-mail address to associate with your Google account - that's what you need to do.

If you just want to delete your Google account entirely, then select that option

Ok that makes sense but I have two Gmail addresses and i want to delete one and keep the other but it won't let me use the other as my new address. I don't understand why? If i just delete my Google account will it delete both email addresses?